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Can whole body cryotherapy help me live a healthy lifestyle even if I have arthritis?
Arthritis kills our quality of life, constant pain just doing normal, light tasks takes its toll on our psyche and deters life, but it doesn't have to be this way. Did you know that CryoTherapy was originally used to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Doctor Yamaguchi began using a short-term freezing temperature on the surface of the skin (CryoTherapy) in the late 1970s to help his patients manage the pain of arthritis. Without the extreme pain, patients were able to treat and easily tolerate milder pain, often for days between treatments. Today, a modern full-body CyroTherapy sauna can...
Can whole body cryotherapy help me live a healthy lifestyle even if I have arthritis?
Arthritis kills our quality of life, constant pain just doing normal, light tasks takes its toll on our psyche and deters life, but it doesn't have to be this way. Did you know that CryoTherapy was originally used to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Doctor Yamaguchi began using a short-term freezing temperature on the surface of the skin (CryoTherapy) in the late 1970s to help his patients manage the pain of arthritis. Without the extreme pain, patients were able to treat and easily tolerate milder pain, often for days between treatments.
Today, a modern full-body CyroTherapy sauna can deliver almost 8-10 times colder temperatures to the entire body at once. This relieves chronic inflammation in the joints, allowing the body to reset while increasing collagen protein in the body. Many CryoTherapy believers share how it was “life-changing” for them. You no longer have to avoid your favorite activities or become stuck and unable to move due to pain. Some people have even been able to stop taking their painkillers altogether along with their other arthritis medications.
How does CryoTherapy do this?
CryoTherapy is known to induce collagen protein, which helps strengthen bones, joints, tendons and cartilage. CryoTherapy is also known to help reduce inflammation – chronic inflammation is responsible for much of the pain suffered by rheumatoid arthritis. We know that CryoTherapy helps produce antioxidants in the blood, something else that is not adequate in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
It's hard to say exactly why it works so well or why people with arthritis swear by whole-body cryotherapy. We know that it lowers histamine responses in the body. The research is still ongoing, but if a 75-year-old with arthritis can play tennis with friends again, something is going on. It's not a coincidence.
A clinical research study showed noticeable improvement between 1 and 3 cryotherapy sessions and after 10 to 15 sessions, patients reported resolving symptoms and a dramatic reduction in pain. Combined with physical therapy, some patients were able to ditch their wheelchairs while all experienced improved range of motion. These results continued 6 months after therapy. Ask your doctor if you should try whole-body cryotherapy. Maybe you can also stop taking these medications?
Now let's summarize some research on this topic. The first thing I would like to point out is: “Cryotherapy lowers histamine levels in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis” by E. Wojtecka-Lukasik, K. Ksiezopolska-Orlowska, E. Gaszewska, O. Krasowicz-Towalska • P. Rzodkiewicz • D. Maslinska • D. Szukiewicz • S. Maslinski and published on December 18th 2009 (Inflamm. Res. (2010) 59 (Suppl 2): S253-S255 DOI 10.1007 / s00011-009-0144-1).
Another paper worth mentioning is: “The Influence of Temperature and Fibril Stability on Cartilage Collagen Degradation by Rheumatoid Synovial Collagenase” by Edward D. Harris, Jr., MD, and Peter A. McCroskery, MS (N. Engl. J. Med. 1974); 290: 1-6 DOI: 10.1056 / NEJM197401032900101).
The last study was a pilot study that showed benefits: “Criostream Serial Whole Body Cryotherapy for Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases” (PMID: 18548207).
Inspired by Lance Winslow